Pastebin API

Welcome to the developer documentation for our API at pastebin.dotmaui.com.

Here, you will find comprehensive information to help you get started with integrating our API into your applications. Whether you're looking to create, retrieve, or manage pastes, this documentation provides detailed instructions and examples to guide you through the process.

Explore the various endpoints and functionalities available, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance.

Listing Pastes

List all your pastes.

POSTGET *

https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/

Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
apikey	String	.Maui Api key	True
cmd	String	At the moment, only the ls command is available for displaying your pastes, with a maximum limit of 500.	True
limit	String	It accepts two numeric arguments separated by a comma (e.g., 10,10). The first argument indicates the offset of the first file to be returned, while the second specifies the maximum number of files to be returned." Default is 0,500.	False
beauty	Boolean	Format your JSON to make it more readable. Default is false.	False

For performance reasons, the text content is excluded. To retrieve the text of a single paste, use the get function.

Success 200

It will be a JSON string

Success-Response Example:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK         
{
    "1": {
        "title": "Raspberry Pi",
        "date": "2024-03-10T10:06:47.657Z"",
        "language": "html",
        "author": "DotMaui",
        "UID": "ZOgxLQv7",
        "exposure": "public",
        "url": "https://pastebin.dotmaui.com//ZOgxLQv7",
        "expiration": null
    },
    "2": {
        "title": "Pyserver",
        "date": "2024-03-11T12:06:55.657Z"",
        "language": "python",
        "author": "DotMaui",
        "UID": "7Q433Fl5",
        "exposure": "public",
        "url": "https://pastebin.dotmaui.com/7Q433Fl5",
        "expiration": "2024-03-20T12:06:55.657Z"
    }
}

Create New Paste

Creating a new paste.

POSTGET *

https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/new/

Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
apikey	String	.Maui Api key	True
text	String	The text of your paste	True
title	String	The title of the paste. Default is Untitled	False
author	String	The author of the paste. Default is A Guest	False
language	String	The language to determine the syntax highlighting. Default is text.	False
exposure	String	"public" or "private". Default is public.	False
theme	String	For the complete list of themes see this paste.	False
expiration	String	For the complete list of accepted values see this paste. Default is N (never).	False

Success 200

The response will be a JSON string containing the URL and UID of the newly created paste.

Success-Response Example:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK         
{
    "UID": "2ujGg8IA",
    "url": "https://pastebin.dotmaui.com/2ujGg8IA"
}

PHP Example:

<?php

$data = array("apikey"   => "YOUR_API_KEY", 
              "text"     => "My Text.",
              "title"    => "My Title",
              "language" => "text",
              "theme"    => "pastel-on-dark");

$curl = curl_init("https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/new/");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 

$output = curl_exec($curl);  

curl_close($curl);

echo $output;

Edit Paste

Editing a paste.

POSTGET *

https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/edit/

Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
apikey	String	.Maui Api key	True
uid	String	The UID of your paste	True
text	String	The text of your paste	False
title	String	The title of the paste. Default is Untitled	False
author	String	The author of the paste. Default is A Guest	False
language	String	The language to determine the syntax highlighting. Default is text.	False
exposure	String	"public" or "private". Default is public.	False
theme	String	For the complete list of themes see this paste.	False
expiration	String	For the complete list of accepted values see this paste. Default is N (never).	False

Success 200

The response will be a JSON string containing the URL and UID of the newly created paste.

Success-Response Example:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK         
{
    "code": "OK",
    "result": "The paste has been successfully modified."
}

PHP Example:

<?php

$data = array("apikey"   => "YOUR_API_KEY", 
              "uid"     => "ai84kdkd",
              "text"     => "My Text.",
              "language" => "text",
              "theme"    => "pastel-on-dark");

$curl = curl_init("https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/edit/");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 

$output = curl_exec($curl);  

curl_close($curl);

echo $output;

Get a complete Paste

Get a complete paste by UID.

POSTGET *

https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/get/

Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
apikey	String	.Maui Api key	True
uid	String	The UID of your paste	True

Success 200

It will be a JSON string.

Success-Response Example:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK         
{
    "url": "https://pastebin.dotmaui.com/hexsntl4",
    "expiration": null,
    "date": "2017-11-02T13:24:01.142",
    "author": "DotMaui",
    "exposure": "public",
    "title": "SambucaJS v0.1",
    "text": "Sambuca JavaScript Library v0.1",
    "language": "javascript",
    "UID": "hexsntl4"
}

PHP Example:

<?php

$data = array("apikey"   => "YOUR_API_KEY", 
              "UID"     => "AQSWDEFR");

$curl = curl_init("https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/get/");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 

$output = curl_exec($curl);  

curl_close($curl);

echo $output;

Delete a Paste

Delete a paste by UID.

POSTGET *

https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/del/

Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
apikey	String	.Maui Api key	True
uid	String	The UID of your paste	True

Success 200

The response will be a JSON string containing the result of the operation.

Success-Response Example:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK         
{
    "code": "OK",
    "result": "The paste has been successfully deleted."
}

PHP Example:

<?php

$data = array("apikey"   => "YOUR_API_KEY", 
              "UID"     => "AQSWDEFR");

$curl = curl_init("https://api.dotmaui.com/client/1.0/pastebin/del/");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 

$output = curl_exec($curl);  

curl_close($curl);

echo $output;

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